“. . . we lose sight of the fact that with the proper machinery it is easier to keep out of situations which lead to war than it is to bring about peace once war is actually going on.”
Category Archives: Current Events
On the unpopularity of the United States:
Friday, July 6, 2007
“Why this severe decline in our world stature and prestige? Many factors have contributed, of course. Some of them may have been unavoidable. American G.I.’s have belted the world, and soldiers are never a nation’s best ambassadors. Our superior wealth and power may have provoked envy regardless of how we behaved. Perhaps the world simply [...]
On the Fourth of July:
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
[S]ometimes it seems as though . . . we had forgotten all that document [the Declaration of Independence] implies, the events of the last few months have made many of us think over carefully what are the things which really matter to us as individuals in the United States of America.
We will have to be [...]
On modern warfare and its impact on civilians:
Sunday, July 1, 2007
A July 1 government report stated that Iraqi civilian deaths are at their lowest level since the Baghdad security operation began in mid-February. Some people suggest that this is an indication that violence in Baghdad is decreasing, perhaps because of U.S. military pressure on insurgents in the area. Although the drop in the number of [...]
On war:
Thursday, March 1, 2007
“Not the people, but the governments, make war. And then they persuade the people that it is in a good cause, the cause of their own defense.”
On the spread of nuclear power:
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said that world leaders must make some decisions now about how to keep nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of terrorists, because trying to prevent the use of such weapons once terrorists have them will be, as Chertoff said, like trying to “put that genie back in the [...]
On the unpopularity of war:
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
In the wake of President Bush’s announcement that he plans to send additional troops to Iraq, opposition to the war has become even more vocal than in recent years. According to reports, Senate Democrats, aided by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, are drafting a resolution that will criticize Bush’s plans. Although many people supported the idea [...]
On the death penalty:
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
A special commission, created in late 2005 by the New Jersey state legislature, released a report on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in which it recommended that capital punishment be abolished in New Jersey. Eleanor Roosevelt, a longtime human rights activist, also opposed capital punishment, and believed that the use of the death penalty was gradually [...]
On New Year’s Resolutions:
Thursday, December 28, 2006
The New Year will soon be upon us, and with it, the seemingly inescapable resolutions. Many of us will devote ourselves (at least for a few weeks!) to making changes in our habits and the way we live our lives. All of us hope to harness our best traits and to become better people. Eleanor [...]
On peace in the Middle East:
Monday, December 4, 2006
On Sunday, December 03, 2006, Israelis and Palestinians threatened to throw out a truce that had ended five months of violence. International diplomats as well as Israel and the Palestinians have been working literally for decades to try to bring about a lasting peace in the Middle East. Clearly, it is a difficult task. Eleanor [...]